27: The First Illusion Alchemist

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3rd Person

Leo goes over to Laura and picks her up. He throws her over his shoulder and then goes over to the Fuehrer's office.

"Leo, what are you doing?" He asks as Leo flops Laura down on his couch.

"She says Roy Mustang's still alive. And she knows I did it." He replies so Bradley nods

"So I see. Well we can't have her going around remembering can we? Anderson, you know what to do." Leo places his hand over her forehead about to pluck out the memory when he removes his hand.

"What are you doing Anderson? I told you to erase the memory." Fuehrer Bradley growls then Leo glares at him.

"No. I'm done, look, you and the others are taking too long for the damn Stone and Dante won't want me to get my hands on it." He replies then something punctures straight through his shoulder. His eyes grow huge as a pair of heels click against the floor, Leo's brown eyes have a dreaded look tainted to them.

"Well you see Leo, we really can't let you do that." Lust replies as she advances towards them. Gluttony grins as he nears where Laura's unconscious body lays

"Can I eat her Lust?!" Gluttony grins hungrily. Lust smirks as she retracts her fingers from Leo's body

"Tell you what Leo, try ditching us, she dies. I can see she has some importance to you so don't try anything." Lust threatens. Leo clenches his jaw as blood sweeps out of his shoulder. He turns around and ice covers his punctured shoulder so that way it doesn't bleed so much, and he's going to use all of the strength he can get.

"Fine." He says flatly as he slowly moves his way to Laura. "If you excuse me, I have things to do!" Leo lunges out and grabs Laura then breathes out ice encasing the Homunculi into ice. It won't last forever but it'll buy him time.

He runs down the hallways trying to get the hell out of there and not to make Laura's condition worst. He carries her bridal style to avoid her having any injuries when he suddenly stops.

"Get your hands off of her Anderson." Roy threatens as Leo can see that he must have rushed his way over there. He's still in bandages that cover his chest and arms, he pants as he leans against a wall. He pulls out a gun and aims at Leo's head. Leo narrows his eyes

"Look Mustang, I can explain." He tries to reason when Roy yells out

"You tried killing me! And now let Laura go before I shoot your brains out Chill Breath Alchemist!" He threatens as he pulls back the hammer on the gun making it click.

"You wouldn't want to do that Mustang. You risk her being killed too. Look we don't have much time! And also you're in no condition to fight!" Anderson points out so he reaches into his pocket and pulls out his spark gloves.

"Don't under estimate me Anderson. I will kill you even if it means my life. Laura means a lot to me! I'll say it one more time, let her go." He threatens so Leo smirks

"And tell me Mustang, what does she actually mean to you?"

"I love her and I'm willing to do whatever to make sure she's safe. You've hurt her and I can't stand it! Let her go Anderson!" Roy's about to attack when someone else joins the stand off

"You heard him! Let her go!" Ed's about to land his kick against Leo's head when he ducks down. He throws his shoulder into Ed making him to fly. At that moment Roy uses the split second to land a flame attack. Leo clutches Laura to his chest as he braces for the heat blast from the bomb.

The hallway window explodes as Roy's flames send Laura and Leo out of the window. Leo twists his back and makes the ground beneath them to turn into ice. There's a loud thump as Leo's crushed by his weight and Laura's. They slide across the slick ice before they come to a stop. Blood runs down the side of Leo's face as Mustang and the Elrics follow him to outside meaning it's not over. Leo kneels as he tries getting himself ready and repositions Laura.

"You're making a mistake Anderson! Let the Colonel go and our fight's over!" Ed yells out but Leo rises as he clings onto the other Colonel.

"You don't understand! I have to do something to save her! And looks like Mustang won't last long." Roy falls to the floor on his kneels as his bandages are covered in red meaning his cuts from when Leo tried assassinating him reopened.

"Colonel!" Ed and Al yell out in unison, he gets back to his feet and shakes it off.

"I'm fine. Laura won't be though. I won't be able to get in close but I'll be able to be back here though." Ed nods then transforms his auto mail into a sword.

"Al, I need you to back me up on this!" They go at Leo but he avoids and repeals their attacks easily as if it was him breathing.

"Damn it stay still!" Ed yells out frustrated when Leo falls back.

"Listen to me! She has an internal Alchemy device that if I don't get to fix, she'll die." He yells out so they stop

"How do you know that?!" Al and Ed demand so he takes a deep breath.

"Because I became the first Illusion Alchemist more than 200 years. I don't have much time," Leo yells out trying to reason with them when he's attacked by a flame bomb. He tries getting out of the flames range when Laura and Leo are thrown into the air. Laura's body's thrown off to the side, Ed and Al go over to her and block her. Leo stands up and there's a pissed off look on his face. He blows on the air in front of him and pulls out an ice sword.

"You really have made me mad Mustang. And it takes a lot for me to get mad. So you want to play huh? Let's play!" He lunges out for Roy and as he's about to land his attack, he suddenly stops as something enters his mind.

"Please my darling. Just stop Jason." Leo looks straight ahead as he stops in front of Roy. There's a long-haired blonde as she starts walking towards him. As she starts getting closer to him, Leo takes a step back raising an arm trying to protect himself.

"Adeline?! You died a long time ago what are you doing here?!" he demands trying to cling onto his sanity. "This isn't an Illusion, Laura's out cold and she's the only one besides me who can do it. What's going on?!" He thinks to himself and Adeline keeps coming at him.

"Please," Leo starts backing away as his dead wife reaches out for him.

Meanwhile in the real world, Anderson stops in front of Mustang even though they're not attacking each other. Leo starts backing away with the strange faraway look on his face, Ed and Al let out a gasp as Laura starts moving. She opens her eye and then the Rinkai is at full bloom, instead of her golden eyes, her eye is dyed to a pale blue.

"Laura!" they yell out as she struggles to stand up.

"Your device! You can't risk doing Alchemy Laura!" Roy warns but she ignores him. She winces as she slams her hands together.

"I need you both to leave! Especially you Roy! I have something to do." she slams her hands against the ground then a Transmutation Circle glows underneath her.

"What is that?!" Al screams as it starts glowing brighter.

"An Illusion Seal, it's so that way Leo won't be able to go after you. Run!" at that moment Leo breaks out of the Illusion. He drops to his knees and glares up at Laura with murderous eyes. He vanishes into thin air but he reappears behind Laura. He grabs onto her hair and then he makes them both to disappear into thin air. There's a moment of confusion and then Mustang falls to the ground with blood sweeping out of him. Ed and Al go over to him, but the unsettling discovery of that Leo was able to break through Laura's Illusion means he's much more powerful than they thought he was.